This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... at the age of ninety-three. Long life is a characteristic of the Lawrence family, since the grandfather of George Washington Lawrence attained the age of a hundred three. Mr. Lawrence was a young man when he came to San Diego County and for many years he was active in his business as a farmer and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... at the age of ninety-three. Long life is a characteristic of the Lawrence family, since the grandfather of George Washington Lawrence attained the age of a hundred three. Mr. Lawrence was a young man when he came to San Diego County and for many years he was active in his business as a farmer and miner in California and Arizona. His life has been in the open, and he has ridden horseback and walked over uncounted miles of the Southwest. Mr. Lawrence recalls a time when snow lay in the Imperial Valley, and he crossed the Colorado River dry shod. He now makes his home with Wilbur Grigsby, having a competence that enables him to live easily, though he occasionally does a day's work. He is still fond of horseback riding, and while always welcome at the home of his children he prefers Campo. His four children are R. H. of Fallbrook, Emmett of Fresno, Elvina and Lucy Ellen. John Seddon, manager and proprietor of the Diamond Realty Company at San Diego, has long been known as one of the most interesting characters of Southern California. He has been a man of the world, a traveler, soldier, horseman and business man, and he still owns ranches and breeds fine horses, an enterprise for which he is perhaps best known in California. He is an expert in every branch of horsemanship and for two years was a prominent figure in the moving industry at Hollywood. Mr. Seddon was born at Portree, Scotland, July 24, 1855, son of John and Alice (Brockbank) Seddon, natives of Scotland, where they always lived. The Seddon family ancestry runs back to 1725, while the Brockbanks goes into the sixteen hundreds. The Seddons comprise a mixture of Belgian, Scotch and Irish blood, while the Brockbanks were Lowland Scotch and Midlothians. John Seddon was born on a farm, ..
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